Baby inquest hears 'mix-up' claim

13 Aug 2009 19:57:59

A coroner has adjourned an inquest on a six-week-old baby after the girl's family claimed a hospital did not keep records of drugs she had been given.Amy Smith died at University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff, in November 2007 with respiratory problems.
Her father Christopher Smith claimed at the inquest in Swansea that he saw her being given drugs on two occasions at the hospital without records taken.
Swansea Coroner Philip Rogers asked police to investigate further.
Mr Rogers pointed....
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